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Richard C Gilbert’s Tuesday Blog

April 27, 2021 By Richard C. Gilbert

Tuesday, April 27th. Day 118 of 2021

Happy Prime Rib Day ! Mays Meats has some great Prime Rib

It’s Morse Code Day. Samuel F.B. Morse was born this day in 1791. He developed the series of dots and dashes that I could never learn

Let’s celebrate Tell a Story Day. It’s an art to be good at it

1861: President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus

1880: The first electric Hearing Aid Was patented

1945: Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans

1965: Pampers are patented. It was a game changer. Do cloth diapers even exist now ?

1981: Xerox introduces the computer mouse

1992: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is proclaimed

2011: The Super Outbreak devastates parts of the Southeast especially the states of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee. 205 tornadoes touched down killing more than 300 and injuring hundreds more

In the News: 10 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Alexander County…Lenoir man allegedly shoots and kills child….Wilmington man arrested on felony charges in Alexander County…Taylorsville Police arrest couple on felony drug charges…Statesville man arrested by Taylorsville Police

Weather: Sunshine with a high near 80

Sports: Cougar Baseball begins season today at St Stephens…Taylorsville native makes cut in National PGA Club Pro event…Canes fall in Texas…Watauga names new Men’s Hoop coach…Braves break out of slump…

Happy Birthday: Kate Pierson, Ace Frehley, George Gervin, Herm Edwards, Sheena Easton, Corey Seager

Almost beyond belief https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/apr/26/man-jumps-building-lands-woman-san-diego-both-die/

A huckster gets his due https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/telemarketing-scam-utah-man-promised-to-turn-dirt-into-gold-he-got-millions-of-dollars-and-prison-time/ar-BB1g59zn

Thanks, but no thanks https://decider.com/2021/04/26/alec-baldwin-kelsey-grammer-sitcom-canceled-abc/?_ga=2.183468326.122433518.1619512368-1214514949.1573077424

Quote of the Day: “Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor”… Ulysses S. Grant (Born this day in 1822)

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